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The foldable Samsung Galaxy X
February 25, 2019 -- Samsung has begun mass production of the world's first foldable smartphone – the Galaxy X. The device will open up to show two internal screens butted close together – forming a tablet-sized computer. It is tipped to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, in February 2019.
- Release date for foldable Samsung Galaxy X leaks (T3)
- Samsung’s foldable Galaxy X could employ a clever solution for notifications (BGR)
- Samsung Galaxy X foldable phone could have three screens (T3)
- Samsung Galaxy X design revealed in new leak (Forbes)
- Samsung’s new Galaxy X has been hiding in plain sight (Forbes)


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Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu We are thrilled with the 2021 FinTech Breakthrough Award win and are honored with the recognition for our innovative cross-border money movement 'plug and play' capability, offered white label or branded as a part of our Digital Partner technology solution, said Western Union President of Global Network, Jean Claude Farah India FinTech Awards (IFTA) 2020 is India's most prestigious fintech event, where industry leaders come together to celebrate innovations from fintech companies from across the globe. Past IFTA finalists include fintechs from Belgium, Hong Kong, Israel, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and USA and winners have cumulatively raised investor funding of over USD 1.5 billion till date The Indian FinTech sector witnessed interesting funding announcements this February 2021. Digital payments in the country have been instrumental and the growth over the past few years have skyrocketed especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the India FinTech Report 2020 by IBS Intelligence, total digital payment transactions (mwallet,. The annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards performs the deepest analysis of the industry today to recognize the 'breakthrough' innovators in the FinTech market today. All 2021 Winners Best Credit Card Payments Solution Transaction Security Innovation Award
Thursday, April 8th, 2021 Regtank, one-stop Regtech solution provider, has been shortlisted as a finalist for Asia FinTech Awards 2021, under the category of Startup of The Year Mumbai: The. fintech. industry is hoping for a favourable Union Budget 2021-22 ahead of a crucial year for India's burgeoning digital economy, as a bulk of the country's consumers and small businesses are expected to adopt digital means to access payments and financial services for the first time. According to chief executive officers and.
A nomination form was posted on our website between December 2020 and February 2021, and thousands of in-house counsel, lawyers at international law firms and other India-focused professionals were invited to make nominations and provide qualitative information to support each nomination India FinTech Festival will bring together all facets of leadership in innovation, that contribute to sustainable economic development at scale. Hear directly from experts and thought-leaders in the industry, and engage in a meaningful discussion on how FinTech in India is instrumental in catalyzing the overall innovation ecosystem . With AI/ML fintech organizations stand to benefit with uniquely crafted digital services and experiences. AI has enabled us to build innovative technologies such as self-learning chat bots to guide customers through every step
IIT Bombay Alumni Association (IITBAA) is organizing FinTech India Live, a day-long online summit on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The goal of the summit is to bring together virtually over 1,000 eminent CxOs, decision makers, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, bureaucrats and policy makers from the FinTech, banking, financial services sectors on a full-featured virtual. Now in its milestone 10th edition, the award ceremony will be held in the evening of February 19, 2021, along with VCCircle's flagship India Limited Partners Summit 2021. The prestigious awards will be seen for the first time in a whole new virtual avatar Best fintech service provider and record wins for cash management and trade finance solutions in Asia Pacific. Deutsche Bank wins 58 awards, including the Editor's Triple Star Awards for its GEM Connect platform at The Asset Triple A 2021 awards . Deutsche Bank's corporate banking capabilities in Asia were recognised by The Asset magazine's coveted Triple A Cash Management and Trade.
2nd FinTech and Digital Payments FinTech for the Underserved: Future of FinTech and Payments to drive Financial Inclusiveness Awards & Conclave 22 - 20 June, 2021. Show Details . ASSOCHAM 1st IP Excellence Awards & Global IP Outlook 2021 Honouring the IP facilitator of India | Celebrating IP Changemakers 05 - 30 June, 2021. Show Details . Knowledge Management Virtual Meet Emerging Technologies. The India FinTech Forum Awards (IFTA) return to celebrate India's brightest minds and most innovative cutting-edge solutions on 29th November, 2019 in Mumbai NASSCOM India Fintech Awards recognize and reward the emerging fintech startups that are driving the financial technology revolution with their innovative so..
#fintech #IndiaFinTechAwards #finance Riskcovry InsurTech Platform (Riskcovry.com) is AI enabled health insurance claims APIs which can be integrated into a. India's fintech industry valuation estimated at $150-160 billion by 2025: Report. The report unveiled on Saturday details the findings from the study that Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and FICCI undertook to size the value-creation potential and identify imperatives for India's FinTech growth. 13 Mar, 2021, 06.41 PM IST London. Dubai. Mumbai. Bangalore. 5 blockchain trends for Indians to watch out for in 2021. March 10, 2021. As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been garnering attention, the focus has turned to blockchain. Speaking on the latest trends in the blockchain industry, Darshana Jain, CEO & Naresh Jain, COO of Snapper Future tech shared.
. March 18, 2021 COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way people work. The year 2020 has been considered as the year of the highest number of unicorn startups for India giving birth to about 12 unicorns in a year. However, 2021 has already seen about 10 unicorn startups being born in India till now so there is no doubt that 2021 is going to be marked as the year for the growth of the highest number of unicorn startups in India FinTech Awards are several award ceremonies, most of them unrelated, which are held all over the world to recognize excellence in financial technology as assessed by either a public vote or panels of judges. There are typically many categories, winners and prizes. Hundreds of companies, mostly startups, participate as candidates.. As of 2016, major fintech awards ceremonies are held in India. Fintech Awards 2020. India is the 3rd largest fintech market globally, with the highest Fintech adoption rate according to the NASSCOM - EY Report: Indian BFSI - Unlocking the Transformation Potential of AI, October 2020. In the current world environment, the increased digitization of internal processes, operations and customers services.
The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update) At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). In January, we added 9 new unicorns for a month-end total of 134. The total value is now $1.42 trillion up from $1.25 trillion last month India FinTech Report 2021; Emerging Technologies in Capital Markets; Impact of Brexit on Banking and FinTech - Top 5 Predictions; Global FinTech Use Cases in Financial Services ; Digital Lending Landscape in India; New York; London; Dubai; Mumbai; Bangalore; Innovation Awards 2020. Here's to the coolest in FinTech! Thanks for making the 2nd IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards. 20 Influencers For Fintech Brands In India Companies across the globe have adapted to Influencer Marketing as a credible trend for marketing products and services. Coming from influencers our affinities lie with, we're bound to absorb their information, suggestions, and the brands they market as the gospel truth SoftBank-Backed Indian Fintech Startup Seeks IPO Valuation of More Than $3.5B. Online insurance platform Policybazaar aims to go public in 2021 at a valuation north of $3.5 billion, potentially.
BW Businessworld Festival Of FinTech - Feb 12-13, 2021. F i n T e c h . About; Jury; Speakers; Categories; Agenda; Partners; Contact Us ; About the Event. BW Festival of FinTech brings together all facets of leadership in innovation, driven by FinTech that contribute to sustainable economic development at scale. The Indian innovation landscape is a living showcase of bringing clarity and. Startups raised total investments of $7.8 billion in the first four months of this calendar year, which is almost 70% of the overall corpus of $12.1 billion raised in entire 2020 and more than 50% of $14.2 billion raised in 2019, data from US-based research firm PitchBook shows Congratulations to all the 2020 Banking Tech Awards Finalists. There are three types of categories to choose from. Click on 'Go to the awards' under each title or scroll down to find out more. Banking Tech Project Awards. Banking Tech Project Awards. For banks and financial institutions to enter. Go to the shortlist. Excellence in Tech Awards. Excellence in Tech Awards. For technology services. #fintech #wealthtech #fintechawardsFireside Chat On Digital Wealth ManagementHow digital technologies will expand the Indian mutual fund industry and influen..
The Leaders in Fintech Awards 2021 will be held on June 10, 2021 at Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk in the UAE, with the event aiming to celebrate both individuals and institutions that are shaping the. March 23, 2021. By. Jame DiBiasio. Neelkanth Mishra (standing) and Ashish Gupta, Credit Suisse. India's fintech scene is about to make another quantum jump, with CreditTech taking the lead, says Ashish Gupta, an analyst at Credit Suisse. Thanks to gains in digital payments, digital lending has been scaling up, with $110 billion worth of loans. Singapore FinTechs off to a flying start in 2021. Singapore fintech firms raised S$656 million in equity funding in the first quarter of this year as the city-nation entered the sixth year of its move to create the world's leading Fintech Festival. The fundraise is 355% higher compared to Q1 of last year, and already amounts to about 46% of. The India FinTech Awards (IFTA) is a platform to celebrate and recognize the best innovations from FinTech companies. The awards platform has been conceptualized to give FinTech firms a chance to showcase their disruptive products, combined with a sales pitch to a curated audience of investors, bankers, entrepreneurs, media, and corporate leaders
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In March 2021, Central Banking launched its fourth annual FinTech RegTech Global Awards to showcase some of the groundbreaking projects undertaken in the community. The results are revealed in the awards articles published in this special winners' collection. They show how, from an official sector perspective, technological innovation has continued in spite of recent challenges How big is the market in India for a neobank aimed at teenagers? Scores of high-profile investors are backing a startup to find out. Bangalore-based FamPay said on Wednesday it has raised $38. Nomination Round: Open until 20 April 2021 - During the Nominations period, companies can apply by filling out the Nomination Form. Each brand can apply in up to 5 award categories. Voting Round: 27 April - 25 May 2021 - During the Voting Round, the industry will be asked to cast their vote in the Ultimate Fintech Awards
The level of care for staff wellbeing and also the support given to individuals and families on the move, was truly overwhelming. The entrants and winners are all to be congratulated on their inspirational efforts.. ©2021 Re:locate magazine, published by Profile Locations, Spray Hill, Hastings Road, Lamberhurst, Kent TN3 8JB Fintech is no exception. The value of AI technology in the industry is estimated to grow by 23.37% (CAGR), reaching $22.6 billion within the next four years. The latest AI/ML tools target various. The National Startup Awards 2021 seek to recognize and reward outstanding startups and ecosystem enablers that are contributing to economic dynamism by spurring innovation and injecting competition. Startups that are building innovative products/solutions, scalable enterprises, with high potential of employment generation or wealth creation, demonstrating measurable social impact
A study by CB Insights revealed a 2% and 13% drop in year-over-year funding and activity for fintech (CB Insights, 2021). Despite this, however, many fintech companies still managed to establish themselves amind the pandemic. A study by Boston Consulting Group revealed that as of February 2021, there has been an increase in fintech startups in North America (increased by 1830); Europe, the. SEC Whistleblowers Receive Awards of $10 Million and $13 Million by: India's Booming FINTECH Set For Self-Regulation. Thursday, January 28, 2021 . The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India. The Awards will recognise the achievements of India's most successful retailers, e-retailers and brands across multiple categories in terms of business performance, customer experience, innovation & leadership in the retail & e-retail sector. To Know More. Safety Measures @IReC 2021. 22nd-23rd July 2021, Hotel Sheraton Grand, Bengaluru. Conference. Retail Overview; eRetail Overview; Agenda. Indian Startups Funding Data, JUNE 2021. Company/Brand Founded HeadQuarter Sector What it does Founders Investor Amount($) Stage; Junio : 2020: New Delhi: FinTech: Junio is a kids-focused digital pocket money-smart card. Ankit Gera: Amit Lakhotia, Pravin Jadhav: $600,000: Seed: Wherehouse.io: 2020: New Delhi: Logistics: Wherehouse.io is a supply chain intelligence company, helping brands to.
FinTech Awards 2020 Panel Discussion - Powered by PwC. Topic: Re-Imagine Growth in the Digital Economy: Green and Sustainable FinTech. In the past years, FinTech was (and still) heavily verticalized, recreating the offline activities of financial services by bringing them online and introducing efficiencies Press release - The Business research company - Fintech Market Size 2021 Segmentation, Future Business Strategy, Manufacturers Analysis and Forecast by 2030 - published on openPR.co We are delighted to announce the winners of the Financial Services Innovation Awards 2021. The standard of entries was extremely high, congratulations to all our winners. View this year's winners below and read more about the awards in our press release > Video Gallery. Let's make this work. Change your targeting/advertising cookie settings to access this feature. Award Winners 2021. ET Prime Women Leadership Awards. ET Engage. ET Secure IT. ITES. Tech & Internet. Funding. Startups. Tech Bytes. Newsletters . Tech Top 5. Morning Dispatch. Unwrapped. Blogs & Opinion. Business News › Tech › Newsletters › ETtech Morning Dispatch on Feb 23, 2021: Jio's $200 million bet on Kalaari, Indian fintech lenders gain. Prev Explore other editions Next. ETtech Morning Dispatch on. The awards are open to developers, brokers and industry service providers across India and other region. Other awards are merely self-gratifying within the industry, these awards provide an unrivalled platform for winners to communicate their success and win more business as a result. The process is monitored by process advisors Entrepreneur India advisors and winners are selected by eminent Jury
Finnoviti for the BFSI sector and Technoviti for the FIntech and Big Tech Sector will explore what is going to be shaping the NEXT in Financial Services. We will put together all the possible triggers that have redefined the future of the financial services business and the technologies that power it. March 5, 2021. Virtual. Awards. Our Speakers for 2021. Sachin Seth. Partner - Digital. BANGALORE, India, Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpl, a Bengaluru-based startup has won the prestigious Fintech Startup of the Year title at the Indian Fintech Awards 2020. The company empowers. Mar 10-11, 2021. The first part of its hybrid offering for the year - with an in-person event scheduled for October in Mumbai - GTR India 2021 Virtual took place on March 10-11, in a digital setting for the first time. The event brought market leaders together to discuss the country's trade prospects and priorities, assessing a range of. New Delhi: Ms. Kanika Kishore Dewani, CEO - Mintree Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd, Nagpur based company is the Winner of the first FLO Game Changer Award 2021 followed by Ms. Swati Pandey, Co-founder & CEO, Arboreal Bio innovations of Lucknow as the 1st Runner-up and Ms. Sonam Sodha, MD & Co-founder of Himalayan Hemp Industries Pvt Ltd, Himachal Pradesh the 2nd Runner-up of the FICCI FLO Game Changers. PFF FinTech Awards 2021 . Each year hundreds of Fintechs from all over the world apply to participate in the prestigious PFF Fintech Awards. This year in a completely renewed digital formula, in addition to being able to participate in the great PFF Fintech pitch day, the applications will also be analyzed by our 8 sponsors (after individual agreement of the participants of course) who wish to.
Fintech has taken off in India on the back of its large population becoming increasingly connected to the internet. The country has about 500 million smartphone users, the second-largest in the. Synechron, Inc., a leading digital transformation consulting firm focused exclusively on the global financial services industry, today announced it has won the top award for best 'Team of the Year' in the inaugural edition of US FinTech Awards 2021. The US FinTech Awards is organized by FinTech Intel, the global market intelligence platform for financial services technology South Africa's Mortgage Market has been nominated in the prestigious 2021 African Banker Award under the category of Innovation in Financial Services Award.. Being the only South African company nominated under the category of Innovation in Financial Services Award, the fintech has been selected for its innovative financial offering showcased in its online marketplace for home loans Making Credit Trendy: How Fintech Apps Are Attracting Youngsters in India. as per TransUnion, there are 609 million people under the age of 24 (0-24 years) and of this 147 million youngsters are creditworthy however only 11% of credit-active youth own credit cards in the country. To put this into comparison, the rate jumps to almost 90% in.
LONDON, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mukuru Africa (Pty) Ltd was awarded the Most Innovative Online Remittance App in South Africa by Global Brands Magazine during 2021 FinTech Awards Program. Trends that will impact FinTech sector in 2021. Technological advancements, as we all know, are ever-changing and constantly evolving. The FinTech sector follows suit. 2020 has been a consequential year for everyone around the globe. With people being confined to their homes, they solely relied on technology to meet all their needs International Investment Awards 2021. The 22nd International Investment Awards will take place on 7th October 2021. The II Awards are the longest-running event of their kind and last year saw a record number of categories and entries. Date: 07 Oct 2021 Online, Online View all events European Fund Selector; International Investment Sponsored by. Home; News; Products; Fintech; Regulation; ESG. Latest News on US FinTech Awards 2021, Read more information on US FinTech Awards 2021 The COVID-19 crisis has had multiple cascading effects on the economy. The recently released report by PwC India in partnership with FICCI titled Redefining the FinTech experience: Impact of COVID-19 takes a closer look at the sector's position prior to the pandemic, reflects upon the impact of the crisis on the sector and recommends a framework for the way forward
In 2021, Zeta secured $250 million in investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. This Series C investment values Zeta at $1.45 billion. This is one of the largest single investments in a banking tech startup globally. Awards and recognition. Selected as one of the Emerge 50 startups by NASSCOM; FinTech Rising Stars at India FinTech Awards 2017 by India FinTech Forum; BusinessWorld Techtors Award. Der India-Fintech-Award wird alljährlich vom India Fintech-Forums verliehen und zeichnet Unternehmer und Unternehmen sowie Führungskräfte aus, die bedeutende Erfolge bei der Einführung innovativer Produkte und Dienstleistungen erzielt haben, Geschäftskategorien neu definiert haben, die disruptive Technologien eingesetzt haben, die als Vordenker fungieren und Einfluss auf das gesamte. In India, ICICI Bank introduced a co-branded credit card with Amazon Pay in 2018, Swiss Fintech Awards 2021. Tue. 06. Jul. 2021. Fintech 2021: The Future of Embedded Finance. Thu. 15. Jul. 2021. Webinar: Fintech Growth in Mexico. Tue. 21. Sep. 2021. Thu. 23. Sep. 2021. Money 20/20 Europe. Partner Content. Verse: Solving the in-App Instant Payments Challenge April 28, 2021. Continue reading. India FinTech Forum organized IFTA, India's largest FinTech Fest. Here are some of the highlights from the 3-day award event: There were over 3000 panel discussion attendees for the session - 'Cryptocurrencies: the Internet of Value Transfer'.; 108 market leaders across the globe were a part of the judges and speakers forum. Along with our CEO, Nischal Shetty, other panelists for the.

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Sneak a Peek at NYCB's Newest Couture
Need some delicious ballet-meets-fashion candy to get you through this hump day? Let New York City Ballet—with assists from Women’s Wear Daily and several world-class designers—help you with that.
Yes, NYCB’s fall gala next week will be fashion-filled, featuring costumes by no fewer than five bold-name designers for no fewer than four world premieres. Choreographer Myles Thatcher is teaming up with Zuhair Murad; Robert Binet is working with Hanako Maeda of ADEAM; Troy Schumacher is partnering with Marques’Almeida; and Justin Peck is collaborating with Humberto Leon of Opening Ceremony and Kenzo (a pairing that, given the duo’s fruitful work together on Opening Ceremony’s runway show, promises to be especially amazing).
Sara Mearns models for Copping (center) and NYCB artistic director Peter Martins. (photo Amy Lombard/WWD)
The fifth designer—Peter Copping, creative director of Oscar de la Renta—is giving an older ballet, Peter Martins’ Thou Swell, a serious facelift. And Women’s Wear Daily recently sent a photographer to capture Copping’s oozing-with-glamour redesign.
Basically, it all looks fabulous.
This isn’t the first time NYCB has collaborated with the fashion world. Thanks to the efforts of genius board member (and, as if it needs to be said, fashionista extraordinaire) Sarah Jessica Parker, NYCB has become perhaps the most fashion-forward ballet company around. But including the work of five designers—not to mention five choreographers—in a single performance? That’s some next-level stuff.


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(From AFX Europe (Focus))
NEW YORK (AFX) - A large shareholder of restaurant chain Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Inc. on Wednesday said a private-equity firm's $600 million takeover bid undervalues the company.
Lone Star -- which operates casual and upscale dining chains including Lone Steakhouse, Sullivan's and Del Frisco -- agreed earlier this month to be acquired by affiliates of Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds.
The acquisition offer of $27.10 per share represents a 15 percent premium to Lone Star Steakhouse's closing stock price on Aug. 17, the day before the deal was announced.
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Remember when several members of the development team at Crystal Dynamics were fired following the “underperformance” of Tomb Raider: Underworld?
Perhaps they should have seen the writing on the wall, and tried harder to make a good product, one that people were interested in buying. After all, 2.6 million units sold by the end of December is pure peanuts, right? Nevermind the fact that the game had a faster rate of sell-through than either Tomb Raider: Legend or Tomb Raider: Anniversary, according to Gamasutra.
Indeed, the company, which is currently in the process of being sold off to Square Enix, saw revenues increase by 26 percent in the six months ending in December of 2008, while managing to reduce its losses to Â£1 million ($1.4m). Clearly the signs of an ailing economy.
In fact, the underwhelming sales of TR:U helped raise revenues to Â£80.3 million, compared to Â£63.4 million ($113.5m) from the previous year. And if that weren’t enough, the company managed to trim down its net debt from Â£5.7 million ($8.1m) to Â£3.2 million ($4.5).
And in case anyone is wondering, yes, I’m being quite facetious in the above. 2.6 million units sold is enough reason to lay people off and state sales as “underwhelming?” I have no idea what the suits at Eidos are on, but I would personally love some.
From CEO Phil Rogers:
“The first six months of trading this year were characterized by an incredibly competitive and increasingly challenging retail environment.
The changes made at Eidos over the past year, coupled with the continued hard work and determination of our employees and external partners, means we are well placed one year into our three-year strategic plan to produce higher-quality, must-have games to entertain our consumer.”
Yes, the hard work and determination of employees you laid off in a lousy economy. Way to go.


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Global Mobile Ad Spending, 2010-2016 [CHART]
Mobile ad spending around the world more than doubled last year, eMarketer estimates, and though growth will moderate this year, double-digit increases in mobile ad spending will continue in coming years as outlays approach $37 billion by 2016.
In 2012, mobile spending was at $8.41 billion, according to eMarketer’s forecast—up from just over $4 billion the year before and $2.34 billion in 2010. eMarketer’s estimates of worldwide mobile ad spending include dollars going toward display and search advertising only, and exclude spending on messaging-based formats. Spending on tablets is also included. Read the rest at eMarketer.


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Baked goods: Why the UK is the only country to have a ban on bleach
The UK is a nation of many different kinds of baked goods.
The likes of biscuits, chocolate cake, cookies, and so on can all be made using a range of ingredients, from flour to yeast to butter, and have all been available for years.
But it has always been a matter of taste, and in Britain, the country has always had a preference for baked goods that don’t have a lot of sugar and flour added.
It is also the only nation in Europe where the amount of sugar in baked goods can be as high as 10%.
Baking is also a tradition in Britain where the government has a long history of banning food from being served to children as a result of the country’s long tradition of eating cakes.
This tradition dates back to at least the 1700s and is a way of getting children to eat healthy meals before they go off to school.
Since the ban came into effect in 2015, some British baking companies have taken the ban into their own hands.
In 2018, Bakelite banned the sale of baked items with more than a 1% sugar content.
They were the first UK company to do so and their ban only lasted until 2020, but there are many others now in the market, including British Baking Company, which began selling baked goods with sugar content below 1%.
The ban has also meant the use of baking soda, which is made from sugar but has no harmful effects on the human body.
However, some baked goods are still being sold in Britain that don´t meet the sugar and fat limits set by the Government.
These include chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies.
Bakelite have been the main force behind the ban, and they have taken a lot from the UK, especially the way they sell their products.
Their chocolate cake is made with 100% cocoa butter and only has 1.2g of sugar, and only 0.6g of fat.
“Bake is a traditional British treat and we are delighted to have it in our range,” said Bakelite CEO Peter Dittmann.
So what is a sugar-free baked goods?
Baked goods can contain any number of sugar-containing ingredients, but in this article, we will focus on the most common types.
Sugar is a by-product of sugar manufacturing, and is produced in sugar beet mines and sugar beet processing plants.
Many baked goods contain artificial sweeteners such as saccharin and aspartame.
What are the restrictions?
In Britain, there are no restrictions on the amount or sugar in a baked item.
There is a limit on the number of people allowed to bring a product into the country and a limit of 4kg of sugar a year for anyone over the age of 14.
For children under 14, there is a restriction on the weight they can weigh in their foodstuffs, and a cap on the total amount of baking flour they can eat.
You can find out more about the restrictions on sugar-based baked goods here.
What are baked goods made from?
There are many types of baked products that use different types of ingredients to make them.
A typical example is a chocolate cake made from cocoa butter, sugar and other ingredients.
Cocoa butter is usually made from the raw material of cocoa beans, and the process is quite expensive.
According to the National Baking Board, in 2017-18, British Bakers sold an average of £1.3 billion of chocolate cake a year, making it the most popular type of chocolate bread in the country.
Chocolate cake can be made in many different ways, but the most basic way is to use a dough made from flour, water, and baking powder.
While most people know chocolate cake as a sweet, white, crumbly, sponge-like cake, it can also be made into cookies and pastries, and baked into breads and pastas.
If you are a baking enthusiast, you might be familiar with the British Bakelite Chocolate Cake.
This cake has been sold in the UK for over 150 years and it is the same recipe used to make the famous London Cake, although it is now also made from a different flour called cocoa butter.
With more than 150,000 products available in the British market, it is a big industry that is often overlooked in Britain.
Are there any products in Britain with a sugar content of more than 10%?
It might be tempting to think of a chocolate bar as a sugar free item, but that isn’t the case.
The Government has taken a very different approach to this by banning all baking items that have a sugar value above 10%.


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Nike unveils FW18 NikeCourt collection
NIKE has revealed its latest NikeCourt collection, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US Open. Nike has taken inspiration from the long-standing event for its FW18 collection, looking back into tennis archives to create a contemporary collection with a retro edge.
“When tennis began, people wore long-pleated skirts and sweaters, and sweater-knit polos,” says Abby Swancutt, Apparel Design Director for NikeCourt. “For the collection, we took this classic nod, but we gave it a retro feel, all while using some of our most innovative materials.”
The collection includes small design details which nod to the past, such as the pleated skirt on the NikeCourt Zonal Cooling Slam Dress, which is combined with a more modern, sporty racerback top for extra freedom of movement.
Other performance-led features for the modern player include ventilation areas to keep players cool in the New York heat, strategically-placed side slits for a dynamic range of motion on the court, Dri-FIT fabrics, and the inclusion of a full-length, curved Zoom Air bag in the NikeCourt Air Zoom Zero tennis shoe.
The throwback colour scheme is based on classic navy and bold orange, with accents of soft peach and classic white for a unique and expressive look that will stand out on the tournament’s blue courts.
“We look at New York City as a stage,” says Swancutt. “It’s not like other tournaments, where you sit there and you’re silent. At Flushing Meadows, it’s loud, it’s fun, and there’s a lot of energy. Day or night, the players want to put on a show.” The NikeCourt fall 2018 collection has just debuted. – Relaxnews
Denis Shapovalov wears the NikeCourt Dri-FIT Advantage Polo.
Sloane Stephens wears the NikeCourt Zonal Cooling Slam Dress. – Nike photos


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Vice Media files for bankruptcy protection to facilitate its sale
Vice Media, once the darling of the digital news media world, said Monday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to facilitate its sale. Millennial-focused Vice, known for its edgy news and lifestyle content, had been among the rising stars of a new breed of digital media firms but struggled as advertising revenues shrank.
Millennial-focused Vice, known for its edgy news and lifestyle content, had been among the rising stars of a new breed of digital media firms but struggled as advertising revenues shrank.
Vice said it had agreed to the terms of an asset purchase agreement with a consortium of its lenders which includes Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital.
The consortium had submitted a credit bid of about $225 million "for substantially all of the Company's assets, in addition to the assumption of significant liabilities upon closing," Vice said.
"To facilitate the sale, Vice has filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York," it said in a statement.
In its Chapter 11 petition with the court, the New York-based company said it had estimated assets of between $500 million and $1 billion. It also estimated it had more than 5,000 creditors.
In 2017, Vice Media was valued at $5.7 billion -- more than the market capitalization of The New York Times at the time.
Vice's difficulties come after the closure of fellow free digital media groups BuzzFeed News as ad revenues dried up and both had struggled to attract new investments, taking on debt to stay afloat.
- 'Bad boy' image - Vice, which had once attracted major funding from Disney and Fox, among others, canceled its signature show Vice News Tonight and laid off 100 people in late April.
Vice Group said all its media brands would continue to produce content despite the bankruptcy filing.
"Vice serves a huge global audience with a unique brand of news, entertainment and lifestyle content," Vice's co-CEOs Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala said in a statement.
"This accelerated court-supervised sale process will strengthen the company and position Vice for long-term growth, thereby safeguarding the kind of authentic journalism and content creation that makes Vice such a trusted brand for young people and such a valued partner to brands, agencies and platforms," they said.
"We look forward to completing the sale process in the next two to three months and charting a healthy and successful next chapter at Vice."
Vice was founded in 1994 as a Canadian magazine and grew into an online media group with news websites and television operations.
It cultivated a "bad boy" image and its success captured the attention of the media world as it connected with young audiences.
But in 2018 co-founder Shane Smith stepped down as chief executive after the group was tainted by reports of workplace harassment, which led to the dismissal of three employees after "multiple instances of unacceptable behavior."
Smith was replaced as CEO by television industry veteran Nancy Dubuc, who left the group in February 2023.
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Language is a road block preventing us from truly understanding one another. It’s alienating not being able to fully communicate an idea. But a new technology may change all that, and put translators out of a job. The company behind this latest development is Waverly Labs. This start-up based in New York City claims it has developed the first smart earpiece capable of translating between users speaking a different language.
A universal translator has been a longtime dream, romanticized in such shows as Star Trek. It was made out of necessity; exploring strange new worlds often means communicating with other species. The story of the Pilot earpiece’s development was born out of something else: love. This is what happens when an English-speaking engineer falls in love with a French-speaking woman:
The Pilot sits in the ear and translates when someone is speaking another language, relaying to the wearer what has been said in a Siri-esque voice. It allows each speaker to communicate in their native tongue and be understood.
The company claims the Pilot will be able to translate between English, Spanish, French, and Italian when it comes out. It’s also working to expand its translator to understand a number of other languages, including Hindi, Arabic, East Asian, Semitic, African, and Slavic.
According to the company website, the earpiece will be able to work offline. But the earpiece will need to pair with a smartphone loaded with the Pilot app where the language database may will live. In that case, it’s important to consider if current smartphones would have the necessary computing power to process these translation requests. Think about it this way: Siri processes user requests in the cloud and then relays them back to your phone. So, Waverly Labs achieving offline language processing and translation would be a big deal.
It’s important to note Waverly Labs is looking for funding to make this product a reality. It’s planning to kick-off an Indiegogo campaign on May 25. At retail, the Pilot will run between $249-$299 (2 earpieces total). As for when these universal translators will be available, it’s hard to tell with most crowdfunding campaigns. Waverly Labs says it’s aiming to deliver on Indiegogo orders by next spring.
Photo Credit: Waverly Labs
Natalie has been writing professionally for about 6 years. After graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in Feature Writing, she snagged a job at PCMag.com where she had the opportunity to review all the latest consumer gadgets. Since then she has become a writer for hire, freelancing for various websites. In her spare time, you may find her riding her motorcycle, reading YA novels, hiking, or playing video games. Follow her on Twitter: @nat_schumaker


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Ecco Biom Hybrid Wins Product of the Year at the Pro-Shop Europe Awards
By Jake O'Reilly
26 November 2012 12:09
Ecco have claimed the latest in a string of awards for their groundbreaking golf shoe collection. Biom Hybrid, the brand’s 2012 headline shoe, picked up the sort-after Product of the Year award at the renowned Pro-Shop Europe Awards.
“To win this award is a huge honour, It’s affirmation of the quality and performance of our hybrid products as well as the esteem of the personnel throughout our golf team.
"Biom Hybrid has been rip-roaring success internationally, and we’ve even improved it for the 2012 season!” says Michael Waack, Head of Global Golf at Ecco.
“At Ecco we continually strive to find ways of improving products further, to find the perfect golf shoe. Our latest modernization, Tour Hybrid, will set the benchmark even higher.”
The 2013 collection will be worn in competition by Tour stars Fred Couples, Graeme McDowell, Thomas Bjorn, Thongchai Jaidee, Stuart Appleby, Bradley Dredge and Andreas Hartø.
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Sheetz announced its selling Unleaded 88 gas for $1.99 per gallon ahead of holiday travel season. Maryland drivers won’t see that discount. Here’s why.
MARYLAND, USA — Convenience chain Sheetz is running a sale on some of its gas. Unleaded 88 gas is selling for $1.99 per gallon, according to the company. But we came across a claim saying it would be illegal for Sheetz to sell gas that low in Maryland. Is that true?
Does a state law prevent Maryland Sheetz from selling gas for $1.99?
Yes, Sheetz was prevented from offering its $1.99 gas deal to drivers in Maryland because of a state law.
WHAT WE FOUND:
Let’s start with the law. It reads, outside of a few exceptions, “a retail service station dealer may not sell motor fuel below cost.”
Under the law, the comptroller is in charge of enforcement. We reached out to their office.
A spokesperson for the comptroller told us that “below cost” typically means selling gas for less than what the station paid for it. They also confirmed that no one has formally complained against Sheetz and the law is in effect.
Finally a spokesperson for Sheetz that selling Unleaded 88 gas for $1.99 was not possible in Maryland.
“Maryland law prohibits selling fuel below cost. As a result, Sheetz discounted the sale of Unleaded 88 as low as possible. We could not offer the $1.99/gallon price in Maryland to stay within the confines of the law,” the spokesperson said in the email.
While it’s not $1.99, the price of gas is going down at Sheetz in Maryland. A press release said Sheetz has reduced the price of Unleaded 88 gas to $3.33 and lower. Some stations will be offering it for as low as $3.08.
So we can Verify: Sheetz was prevented form offering its $1.99 deal in Maryland because of state law.
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Clubhouse is finally beta testing its long-awaited Android app
After gaining a significant user base on iOS, Clubhouse finally started work on its Android app earlier this year in January. At the time, the company secured a second round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, and it shared plans to use the funds to develop an Android app, scale its technology and infrastructure, and introduce a new Creator Grant Program. The company seems to be sticking to its plan so far, as it has now started testing the Clubhouse app for Android on the beta channel.
Clubhouse recently shared details about its latest release via a blog post, highlighting some of the changes introduced on the iOS app. The post also revealed that it had started rolling out a rough beta version of its Android app to a few testers, with plans to “welcome more Android users…over the coming weeks.”
For the unaware, Clubhouse is currently only available on iOS. But an increasing number of Android users have shown interest in the app over the last few months. The app’s popularity has prompted several rival platforms, including Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, and Instagram, to develop their own Clubhouse alternatives. Therefore, it only makes sense for Clubhouse to release its Android app as soon as possible, or it may lose a significant chunk of its potential user base to Twitter’s Spaces or Telegram’s Voice Chat 2.0, which are already live for several users on Android.
Currently, Clubhouse hasn’t shared a release timeline for its Android app. But since it’s already available for some users on the beta channel, we expect a wider rollout in the coming weeks. You can learn more about the changes introduced in the iOS app by following this link.
Are you looking forward to Clubhouse’s Android app? Will you get on board as soon as it rolls out or are you planning on sticking with one of the Clubhouse alternatives mentioned above? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.


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Nothing has announced the release of its Nothing Phone 2 smartphone. The Nothing Phone 2 will likely be an upper mid-range smartphone powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 CPU. The smartphone will be releasing in Q2/Q3 2023, and the Nothing Phone 2 has been found on the Indian BIS certification body website, indicating an impending launch in the nation.
The Nothing Phone 2 (model number Nothing AIN065) has recently been certified by the Indian BIS certification. While the BIS certification listing does not reveal any information about the device’s characteristics or features, it indicates its release is soon. This is the first time the model number has appeared on any certification website.
While the listing does not explicitly link the model number to the Nothing Phone 2 moniker, given the brand’s previous trends, we can’t expect it to be any other smartphone. It will almost certainly be the Nothing Phone 2.
Nothing Phone 2 Expected Specifications
The Nothing Phone 2 will have a 120Hz refresh rate AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution. Furthermore, the smartphone will power a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor that can be there with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB storage.
Regarding battery capacity, the Nothing Phone 2 will likely include a 5,000mAh battery with support for 67W fast charging and wireless fast charging. Moreover, the smartphone is likely to ship with the newest Android 13-based Nothing OS. Finally, the gadget may include a 50-megapixel primary camera with OIS functionality.
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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Goodlettsville police are searching for the man they say walked away with $12,000 in gems from a Goodlettsville jewelry store.
It happened last Wednesday at Ashcroft & Oak Jewelers at the RiverGate Mall around lunchtime.
“He said he was looking for a gift for his girlfriend,” the store employee said. “They’d been together five years.”
She added he was well-dressed, polite and knew his jewelry. Then he simply walked away with the jewelry.
“He was looking at both of them [earrings and a pendant] and then he looks up at me, smiles and turns around and walks off,” the employee, who did not want to be identified, told News 2.
The clerk said she has had nightmares since her encounter with the man.
“The smile he gave me was really creepy,” she recalled. “I had a nightmare that night that he was coming to find me at my house breaking in.”
The jewelry store employee said the man was wearing glasses at the time and had a Bluetooth device in his ear. He also had a tattoo on his right forearm and was wearing an expensive Movado watch.
She said it all happened so quickly it was surprising.
“I got nervous,” she said. “You don’t think anyone will do that to you. You freeze. I yelled, ‘Hey!’ a couple of times, but he didn’t even look back.”
The suspect left the mall in a maroon four-door sedan that was waiting outside Dillards.
Anyone with information is urged to call Goodlettsville police at 615-851-5111.
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In a bid to compete with Jio, Reliance Communications has launched a new plan that offers unlimited voice calls for Rs. 149 per month. Customers can make unlimited calls to any phone on any telecom network across the country, including STD calls under this new plan.
In addition to unlimited voice calls, customers get 300MB data with the plan that is available across the 2G, 3G and 4G technology platforms. The company says there are still hundreds of millions of older 2G handset-owners in India and the newly launched ‘149 UNLIMITED’ plan will help migration of these customers to its network, along with 300 MB of data usage.
Gurdeep Singh, Co-CEO, Reliance Communications and CEO of RCOM’s Consumer Business, said,
Our new pioneering yet simple Unlimited Plan has the potential to trigger a paradigm shift in the way Indians recharge their mobile phones, creating a significant shift in the telecom market—as it moves away from the ‘Unit Rate’ charging regime to a ‘Single Recharge and Unlimited Usage’ regime. It enables customers with any kind of handset to have unlimited calling time across the country, in addition to data access on all 2G, 3G and 4G handsets. Our Unlimited Plan will see millions of Indians benefit, and help RCOM ramp up its customer base and engage with higher-value customers and greater ARPUs.
Last week, Reliance Communications launched RGC India app for international calls starting from Rs. 1.4 per minute.


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Stockholders sue Microsoft over Surface RT's disastrous performance
Microsoft is facing a class action suit brought by law firm Robbins Geller on behalf of purchasers of Microsoft Corporation common stock during the period between April 18, 2013 and July 18, 2013 (the "Class Period").
According to the suit, during the stated period, Microsoft "issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s financial performance and its tablet computer, the Surface RT" -- or to put it in laymen's terms, the company lied about the poor demand and sales of Surface RT, and about the earnings related to the tablet.
A suit of this nature was all but inevitable, seeing as Microsoft has revealed very little about how many units of Surface RT it has sold since launch, and the $900 million Surface RT write-down announced as part of its Q4 2013 earnings report, leading to the tech giant's common stock suffering its biggest price decline in more than four years -- plunging $4.04 per share, or 11.4 percent.
The class action was filed in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and names Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, former CFO Peter Klein, corporate VP and CAO Frank Brod and Chief Marketing Officer and CFO of Windows Division Tami Reller as defendants.
The suit, which you can read in full here, is of course very damning, and packed with choice statements. Here’s a taster:
Unbeknownst to investors, by the end of its March 31, 2013 quarter, Microsoft had amassed a large excess of Surface RT inventory. In violation of the Company’s publicly disclosed inventory accounting policy, generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and SEC rules and regulations, Defendants caused Microsoft to issue materially false and misleading financial statements and financial disclosures for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. These false and misleading statements materially misrepresented the true financial effect that Surface RT was then having on the Company’s operations.
Defendants’ materially false and misleading conduct enabled Microsoft to forestall Surface RT’s day of reckoning and delay what would be tantamount to an admission by the Company that its all-important entry into the tablet market had been a failure.
Saddled with bloated inventory of unwanted Surface RT tablets, Defendants, in the Spring of 2013, hopelessly tried to spur market demand. First, Microsoft gave consumers a free magnetic cover that doubles as a keyboard -- a deal that amounted to a $100.00 discount off the combined $600.00 price tag for the cover and Surface RT. Later, Microsoft slashed the price of the Surface RT tablet by 30 percent. Neither of these initiatives generated meaningful sales of Surface RT.
Then, on July 18, 2013, Microsoft issued a press release announcing that its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 had been adversely impacted by a $900 million charge related to a write-down in the value of its Surface RT inventory. In truth, however, the value of such inventory was materially impaired by March 31, 2013.
In a press release announcing the action, Robbins Geller describes itself as a firm with "expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud".
This isn't the first legal action relating to Surface RT. In November, a Los Angeles based lawyer filed a suit against Microsoft alleging that the company was misleading consumers about the amount of storage space available on the tablet.


text: HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) A popular event that takes over downtown Holland every fall is back on Friday. Live Mannequin Night takes place on September 16. From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., dozens of volunteers will pose like mannequins in 30 different businesses throughout downtown Holland. Instead of having a theme as in years past, each business can come up with its own creative vision for its mannequins. The event is free to attend.


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What Barneys New York once was is what retailers should be — exciting, experiential, innovative and au courant.
“It was all about curation and style and editing where you could see what was going on in culture and fashion,” observed Robin Kramer of the Kramer Design Group. “It wasn’t just a place to buy stuff or what new designer you could find on a rack. It was clubby and really about community as much as buying products. It was a hotbed of creativity, not just clothes.”
“It’s ironic. Barneys started as a discounter almost a 100 years ago and now is saying goodbye like a discounter again. It’s heartbreaking,” lamented one former longtime Barneys executive. “What you see in the store now is not all Barneys-bought. Much of it has been bought by the liquidator.”
“Watching Barneys evaporate is very, very hard. To me, Barneys was aspirational,” said Marian Salzman, senior vice president of global communications for Philip Morris International. “In my 20s and 30s, I longed for the day when I earned enough money to shop there.…But Barneys represented a point in time. It never reinvented. Other stores like Zara, Old Navy and Bloomingdale’s have done better jobs of recognizing a new generation without losing the old generation. The most important thing you can be as a retailer is resilient.”
With its chic, hip Madison Avenue flagship liquidating with huge discount signs blasting 40 to 60 percent off storewide, seriously unbecoming the Barneys image, what remains are fond memories along with feelings of sadness and disappointment over its demise. While trying to fathom all the reasons why Barneys failed, the fashion industry is contemplating if there is any real future for Barneys under its new ownership. It seems limited. Once a business goes out of business, it’s hard to make a comeback.
In November, less than three months after it went bankrupt for the second time, Barneys was sold to Authentic Brands Group and B. Riley Financial Inc. for $271.4 million. Then ABG struck a licensing agreement with Hudson’s Bay Co., the parent of Saks Fifth Avenue, to enable Saks to integrate the Barneys brand into its operations. Most Barneys stores have already closed, but there’s no precise date yet when the flagship, as well as the Chelsea branch in Lower Manhattan, shut down.
WWD has learned that Saks, through its licensing agreement with ABG, plans to re-brand its contemporary business, currently called The Collective, to Barneys. It would be a low-cost maneuver aimed at casting a brighter light on contemporary fashion at Saks.
Jamie Salter, ceo of ABG, has said 40 Barneys shops will open inside Saks locations, including a 50,000-square-foot Barneys within the Saks flagship in Manhattan, as well as a freestanding location in Greenwich, Conn. But it’s not like Saks or ABG are about to put up new Barneys shops or spend a lot of capital. It’s about re-branding contemporary floors already existing at Saks stores and re-branding the freestanding Saks Collective store in Greenwich.
Saks could develop new Barneys logos, shopping bags, add social media and maybe even create cool uniforms for sales associates, to cast a fresh Barneys identity within the walls of Saks. In luxury retailing, it’s customary to brand the contemporary department with its own name and marketing. The contemporary floors are among the most trafficked in department stores so why not spotlight them. Bergdorf Goodman has “5F.” Neiman Marcus previously labeled contemporary as “Cusp,” and at Barneys, contemporary was identified as Co-op.
The 36,268-square-foot Collective contemporary floor at Saks has a boutique-y feel, mixing items from different brands to create unique outfits, “collectively” depicting a trend or a color palette, and leaning into looks and lifestyles that take precedence over aggressively promoting designer labels. It could be called Barneys or “Barneys Co-op at Saks Fifth Avenue.”
In Greenwich, Saks operates a 14,000-square-foot freestanding Collective store that could be re-branded Barneys Co-op. When that store opened in 2015, Tracy Margolies, Saks’ chief merchant, said of Collective, “It’s not about age. It’s about lifestyle, representing fashion, dressing women of all ages and making her feel current, elegant and fashion-forward. It’s about us standing for key trends, key items, and being first to launch emerging designer,” which is what Barneys always did.
“I would not expect them to spend a lot of capital on Barneys or have separate Barneys stores. But for Saks, it is an opportunity to bring in another customer to the store, a more fashion-forward customer,” Stephen Sadove, principal of Stephen Sadove & Associates and former chief executive officer of Saks, recently told WWD. The danger is that a Barneys presence dilutes the Saks image.
Barneys did morph its in-store Co-op business into a separate Co-op chain in the Aughts. They seemed popular for a while. “I believe Co-op responded to how times were changing. People were beginning to dress more casual,” said Salzman.
Yet in 2013 Barneys began closing the Co-ops and converted some to regular Barneys stores. More moderately priced competitors such as J. Crew and Banana Republic bit into the business, customers balked on much of the pricing at Co-op, and the ambience, at least according to Salzman, was “arrogant.”
One slice of Barneys that has stood the test of time is private label. It’s another logical addition to Saks. Barneys’ private label has been highly regarded, particularly in men’s wear and women’s shoes, and consistently it sold. Often sourced from top Italian mills and tanneries, the private-label operation was stacked with good merchants and buyers, and talented yet somewhat not well-known designers with a flair for details and quality fabrics.
“If they create Barneys products, Saks is a good venue to sell it and it will drive a healthy gross margin if done properly,” said Mortimer Singer, ceo of Traub, a management consulting and business development firm formerly called Marvin Traub Associates. “Saks gets a 55 percent initial markup from the brands they buy, and on their own developed product, 75 percent…Barneys’ private label was one of the better private labels I’ve ever seen and bought. The men’s is quite elegant, on trend, and of good quality. All the Barneys private label could be a significant business for Saks. I see that as being more strategic than trying to create a multibrand area. Just re-creating a zone with the name Barneys on it won’t mean much.”
The web is another opportunity. Saks could use the technology of its existing web site to power a Barneys web site, thereby operating two web sites efficiently.
ABG has touted the potential for opening licensed Barneys stores overseas in different countries. No partnerships have been unveiled yet. There are long-standing licensed Barneys stores in Japan, six flagships and six outlets.
However, it usually doesn’t work out when department stores expand outside their native country. Licensed Saks stores in Mexico aren’t considered successful and Galeries Lafayette had a short run in the U.S. In any case, Barneys at its best would be difficult to reproduce abroad.
“Scale is important. If you are a small business stuck in the U.S. without really the ability to go global, and with all of the brands opening their own stores, it’s hard to succeed, though the licensed Barneys business in Japan has been successful,” said Singer.
“I believe it’s very difficult to only be in one business,” he added. “You need to leverage your brand to be a platform offering different kinds of products and services and creating experiences in different areas of the luxury lifestyle. What Barneys could have done, and what department stores don’t do, is to think about the culture of hospitality — how you’re greeted or waited on is a very different experience from the average department store. The way of engaging has to change, not only in customer service but with the offerings to customers. The interest in arts, travel, real estate — the lifestyle — has to be considered. If you have a luxury customer, you can’t just sell dresses and handbags. You need to take another piece of their wallet. The Barneys brand, done well with the right merchants and the right creatives, could very easily become a lifestyle brand, an American equivalent of a Brunello Cucinelli or Loro Piana.”
Over the last two-and-a-half decades, Barneys survived through a string of ownership and management changes, though for most of its history was owned and operated by the Pressman family. The business was founded by Barney Pressman, who, as the story goes, launched his namesake men’s wear discount store in 1923 by pawning off his wife’s engagement ring for $500. His son Fred elevated the store by starting to sell full-price, importing European designers and developing a knack for introducing designers to New York shoppers, including being the first to launch Giorgio Armani men’s wear in the U.S.
Women’s wear was introduced in 1976, with a dedicated women’s store opening in 1986 in a row of six town houses and two larger adjacent buildings on the same block at the original Barneys. Fred’s son Gene led the development of the women’s business and he did it with bravado. He also started the ill-fated Barneys America rollout to cities around the country, principally in the Nineties in such cities as Dallas; San Francisco; Scottsdale, Ariz., and Las Vegas.
“I was there for 18 years, from 1992 to 2010. It was a unique time as my tenure began when Barneys was still being directed by the Pressman family,” recalled Julie Gilhart, former Barneys senior vice president and fashion director, now president of Tomorrow Consulting and chief development officer for Tomorrow Ltd. “I saw the store go through may change of hands over the years, but the core team was solid. We didn’t have the biggest budgets or wrote the largest orders compared to other stores, but we had a lot of creative courage. We were constantly on the hunt for the new and the best but had a true sense of heritage as well.
“There were so many great days,” Gilhart added. “We were a family of overly passionate merchants. We laughed, screamed and cried. We tried hard to grow and support new talent and we did that very well and grew so many tiny brands into large ones. All small brands need advocates and we played that role. It was a pinnacle moment for me in 2007 when we did our ‘Green Holiday’ campaign focusing on environmental product.
“The worst day was when new management came in and myself with others were let go. I didn’t expect that but in hindsight it was the perfect time to leave.”
Vulture funds Bay Harbour (now known as Homeward Capital) and Whippoorwill Associates bought Barneys out of its first bankruptcy in 1999. Later it was sold to Jones Apparel Group, which sold Barneys to Istithmar, a Dubai-based private equity firm, which sold Barneys to Richard Perry of Perry Capital, which took Barneys into bankruptcy.
Through all the disruptive changes in management and strategies, the bottom line is that the numbers just didn’t work for many years. Barneys stores opened in markets that weren’t receptive and Barneys lost its cool factor. Even its irreverent windows that routinely satirized pop culture figures like Madonna or Oprah Winfrey got played out over time. Much of what comprised Barneys’ assortment became widely available on the Internet with a spate of emerging web sites such as Net-a-porter, Matchesfashion, Farfetch, Moda Operandi and ShopBop.
“Due to the ability to buy things globally and the proliferation of stuff, the bar has become higher on brand personality, brand vision and curation,” said Kramer, who redesigned Barneys’ beauty department when it relocated from the main floor to the lower level. Kramer also designed the Co-op space upstairs and other areas of the flagship.
“If you have a really strong point of view and are offering something uniquely creative and authentic, there is a place for you,” Kramer said. “Barneys lost a lot of its personality and differentiation and became more about spreadsheets. It’s very sad what happened. But what Barneys originally stood for could be very relevant again. In retailing, there is room for another great point of view, with curation and style. That’s the challenge.”
Marcus Lemonis, the serial investor and star of “The Profit” reality show, told WWD that in retail, the real pressure point is rent. “It’s all built around rent. Period. End of story,” he said. And in the case of Barneys, huge rent increases to its Madison Avenue and Beverly Hills flagships this year was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Yet there were also some questionable tacks taken in recent years, under ceo’s Mark Lee and subsequently Daniella Vitale. The two Barneys ceo’s were not department store operators. Rather, they led mono-brands, like Gucci, and did so successfully. They orchestrated renovations and new presentations at the Madison Avenue flagship intended to boost business, but these backfired and seemed to overly commercialize the business.
“They ripped up the Peter Marino tile floors and put down gray slate,” said the former Barneys executive. “The increased rents was a killer, but in an effort to put their own signature on the business, they made decisions that did not help the situation.”
“I don’t think the fault lies with Daniella,” said one fashion industry source. As soon as Barneys was sold, Vitale revealed she was leaving, said she was sorry for what happened to Barneys, and in what seemed like a blink of the eye, landed a high position at Tiffany & Co.
“Barneys started to sink way before she came on board. It was a long time in coming,” said the former Barneys executive, who did think that under the regimes of Lee and Vitale, the physical character of the store seemed less specialized and more department-store-like.
In 2016, Barneys reopened on Seventh Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets: the very same site where the company was founded by Barney Pressman. The polished bronze door handles and a sweeping Oscar Niemeyer-inspired spiral staircase exuded an elegance, yet the store overall didn’t quite match up to the character and charm of the earlier Barneys on the site, which had a striking Andrée Putman-designed winding staircase and intimate charm. Returning to Chelsea seemed unnecessary. Did Barneys really need a second Manhattan location, particularly considering that years before a branch in Brookfield Place in lower Manhattan failed?
However, Barneys hasn’t been alone in its plight. It’s been a year of high-profile retail bankruptcies and massive store closings, notably Dressbarn, which will have liquidated its entire chain by the end of this month. In the litany of bankruptcies, Destination Maternity blamed its woes on the declining birth rate, leadership turnover and the overall retail landscape; Sugarfina, the high-end candy brand expanded too fast, and Forever 21 also overexpanded and is in the process of closing hundreds of stores.
Others included Avenue, which confronted greater competition in its plus-size niche; Charming Charlie and Gymboree, which like Barneys both experienced second bankruptcies, as well as FTD, the floral delivery service; Sonia Rykiel, the venerable French fashion label; Z Gallerie home decor; Diesel in the U.S.; Charlotte Russe; Payless, and Shopko.
“All retailers today need to look at efficiency of their retail footprint. It means that everyone has to be nimble,” said Robert Burke, ceo of the Robert Burke Associates consulting firm, which develops retail concepts for a variety of different venues. “For Barneys, multiple locations and bigger locations was not better.” In places like Dallas and Las Vegas, the Barneys brand was too esoteric. Opening stores in those locations were more about making real estate deals than understanding whether Barneys was entering the right market.
Others said Barneys became too “practical” with its web site, executives grappled over how much to fund it, and they really didn’t grasp how strong the Internet was coming on. Barneys was “late to the game” online, Burke noted. “By the time they focused on it and tried to catch up, there was a lot of competition. It’s important to realize that things are changing quicker than ever.”
Like Barneys, other department stores fell victim to the growing power and independence of brands evolving their own retail brick-and-mortar businesses and web sites, and Barneys never conformed to demands by major European luxury brands to house leased shops or concessions, inside the stores. There were consequences.
“Barneys lacked a balance of core brands along with young and emerging designers,” Burke said. “Barneys really didn’t have core businesses like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Brunello Cucinelli, or even an Akris,” labels that other stores could rely on. “These are core businesses for many department stores. If your strategy is to focus on exclusive product, it’s really hard to make it work,” said Burke. “You can’t be doing exclusives just for the sake of exclusivity. It’s difficult.”
“The good times were amazing. I can’t imagine anything that would have been more exciting,” said the former Barneys executive. “With Gene, Neal Craft, Doug Lloyd, Glenn O’Brien and Fabien Baron who also worked on Barneys projects, it was an amazing whirlwind of creativity inspired by Gene who had a flair for marketing and merchandising.”
Barneys merchants established strong, often exclusive relationships with designers, Lanvin in particular with Alber Elbaz, creative director there from 2001 until 2015; as well as with Azzedine Alaïa, Dries van Noten and The Row, to name a few. Earlier, Fred Pressman established a strong relationship with Armani, and launched Armani men’s wear in the U.S. at Barneys.
For some, the beginning of the end for Barneys can be traced to the 230,000-square-foot flagship on Madison Avenue and 60th Street that opened in 1993. VIPs like Calvin Klein, Bianca Jagger and Ian Schrager packed the opening, Barry White performed and Barneys made an indelible impact on the avenue. Designer brands like Tom Ford subsequently saw an opportunity to open stores nearby and capture the overflow from the big boy on the block. With Barneys liquidating, a pall is cast over that part of the avenue.
“It wasn’t merely the fact that Barneys moved uptown. You had a lot of cooks in the kitchen,” said the former Barneys executive. “They were working with Peter Marino to create the store and changing orders often. That really sent the budget sky-high. Gene would spend hours designing something and Fred would redo it. There were changes in the construction phase. It was a very complicated situation and soon after, they started to stop paying bills,” primarily to smaller vendors. Barneys ran into major debt with its Japanese partner Isetan and in 1996 went bankrupt for the first time.
Certainly Barneys loyalists will miss the store. As Sarah Jessica Parker once told Vanity Fair, “If you’re a nice person and you work hard, you get to go shopping at Barneys. It’s the decadent reward.”
Barneys Madison Avenue landlord said in November that the Madison flagship will be around for 12 months more but in a shrunk-down format. As of last week, Barneys workers said they haven’t been notified of a targeted closing date, leaving them in the dark. Many have taken jobs at Nordstrom on 57th Street and other stores around town. At Freds inside Barneys, long a popular lunch-hour destination for VIPs and people-watching, workers there, too, didn’t know for how long they’ll be serving lunch and dinner.
Despite the Barneys experience, “We see a big opportunity for certain specialty stores, whether that be The Webster, Dover Street or Kith, to get the attention of that Barneys customer today,” said Burke. “We are not doom and gloom on retail or even multibrand retail. It just has to be distinctive. Look at what Selfridges and Bon Marché are doing. They are very strong retailers.”
“There is still plenty of room in the luxury retailing space,” said Gilhart. “But the approach has to be different and innovative.”


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To mark the launch of data privacy day today (28 January), the Market Research Society (MRS) has launched the “fair data” standard, which will be awarded to any brand that can demonstrate they meet 10 criteria determined by the MRS.
There are eight launch partners, including such luminaries as pwc and GfK NOP, and all existing MRS members will automatically be awarded the standard if they are signatories of the society’s code of conduct. However, only two consumer facing companies – Lucozade and Ribena owner GSK and Lil-lets – have signed up.
These are early days, of course. MRS CEO Jane Frost told Marketing Week it has had several expressions of interest from other companies keen to be involved. It is also talking with trade associations including the Advertising Association and ISBA about ways to encourage their members to sign up and offer in-kind marketing support to raise awareness among consumers.
The outcome of these talks will determine whether “fair data” will become an after thought or a force for change. Frost told me she wanted the logo to resonate as loudly as the fair trade mark.
In order for it do so, two boxes need to be ticked. There needs to be a desire among consumers and a credibility offered by those carrying the mark.
There is evidence the former is the case – MRS says 58 per cent of enquiries to its Codeline advisory service last year were from people concerned over data collection methods and there has been other studies suggesting the same.
In order for it to gain credibility, however, wide-spread adoption by consumer-facing brands and an in-kind marketing support, provided by the marketing industry, to explain what it means for consumers is necessary.
To add any value and avoid it becoming a pat on the back among those whose business it is to handle data, work is necessary.


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Airtours warns of winter blues
Travel group Airtours today warned its losses over the winter season would be significantly higher than usual after a slump in demand for foreign travel over the millennium. While UK bookings were robust, the group said worldwide demand was low particularly in its Scandinavian business with bookings for the coming summer down 20%.
But Airtours said it was pleased with bookings for the group as a whole, in particular the UK. Total group bookings for summer 2000 are 10% higher than last year and UK booking are up 20% on last year.
David Crossland, chairman of Airtours, said the overall slowdown in demand over the millennium had been an 'industry-wide' issue. Airtours total bookings over the winter 1999/2000 season were up just 1% on last year. And Mr Crossland said the group's expansion of its tour operating activities burdened it with a higher cost base through the winter season. The combination would lead to 'significantly increased seasonal losses compared with last year,' he said.
Last year, Airtours's bid to buy First Choice Holidays was blocked by the European Commission, but the group indicated today that it had not been put off the acquisition trail.
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Cyber thieves are lurking. Cyber thieves are stealing. Facts. The big question is how are you responding to, and preventing this imminent threat?
Digital fraud is a problem businesses have been facing since the advent of e-commerce in the 1990s, and its threat only increases with each passing year. Experian found that losses from fraudulent identities increased from 51% in 2017 to 57% in 2019. According to PwC, these identity crimes cost companies $42 billion in the last 24 months.
Forty-two billion dollars…
Needed: Several Ounces of Prevention
According to Ponemon, 82% of cybersecurity expenditures go toward post-hoc measures, such as detection, containment, and recovery. Only 18% of budgets are invested in prevention – yet financial figures may not be the most important factor in maintaining digital resilience in 2021.
Last year enterprises had to quickly adopt new ‘game rules’: employees shifted to remote work, reliance on digital tools grew, and vulnerability to cyberattacks soared. As the ‘new normal’ is here to stay, stakeholders should make cybersecurity a priority to ensure a stable and accessible working environment.
Chief Technology Officer of NordVPN Teams, Juta Gurinaviciute, says, “Cyber-attacks usually happen in grey zones that are either neglected or completely forgotten. Those can be related to outdated infrastructure, vulnerable software, or a simple human error – hackers constantly are looking for weak spots on your company’s network, and in times of remote work those are difficult to facilitate.”
“Resilience to digital threats lies not only in the most advanced security technologies but also in the cybersecurity culture of a company. It depends on the examples set by senior executives, functioning security policies, and all-encompassing awareness by every employee,” says Gurinaviciute.
Fraud Is Skyrocketing, Right Now
Security Magazine reports that opportunistic hackers are taking advantage of the chaotic, global crisis to commit even more fraudulent activity. Tactics include stealing stimulus checks and unemployment benefits, collecting payments for fake COVID-19 treatments, tricking Americans into donating to fraudulent charities, and more. In fact, there were 1.1 billion fraud attacks in the first half of 2020, which is double the attack volume compared to the second half of 2019.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans have lost $145 million to fraud related to COVID-19.
One of the vulnerabilities has to do with the high number of organizations (45%) adopting new technology or contracting with a new vendor to enable remote work due to Covid-19. However, only 40% of small enterprises have implemented a working cybersecurity policy.
To-Do: Commit to Greater Cybersecurity
Just because you can’t see the criminals who want to steal from you, it does not mean that you can also pretend they do not exist. They do exist and they’re relentless. To protect against them, work to improve your team’s digital hygiene. Many business owners and managers are so focused on external threats, they often overlook the role their own employees play in exposing vulnerabilities from inside an organization.
Did you know that one in four employees admits that they use the same password for all their online accounts? Ouch. The actual number is likely quite a bit higher.
In the video above, you can hear about NordVPN’s password manager. That’s one solution, but however you go about it, take your password management seriously—make each one unique and impossible to remember.


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Tools and equipment hire company HSS Hire reported a narrowing of its full-year pre-tax losses on Thursday amid cost cuts and revenue growth.
In the year to 29 December 2018, pre-tax losses narrowed to £4.5m from £85.2m the year before on revenue of £352.5m, up 5%. Adjusted total earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation rose by 45.8% to £71.3m and adjusted EBITA was up £25.6m at £27.4m.
Rental revenues from continuing operations were up 3.8% year-on-year to £226m, accounting for 70% of revenue from continuing operations. Meanwhile, services revenue was 12.2% higher at £96.8m, accounting for 30%.
Material cost savings were delivered during the year, with overheads reduced by £20m and the group said cost initiatives improved margins by 5.6 percentage points to 20.2%.
Meanwhile, trading for the 13 weeks to 30 March has been in line with management expectations, HSS said.
Chief executive officer Steve Ashmore said the business made “significant” progress against its strategic priorities and delivered the highest adjusted total EBITDA in its history.
“Over the year we made a series of important strategic and operational changes including the seamless transition to a new distribution model which significantly reduces costs, the successful refinancing of the group giving us long-term stability, and the sale of UK Platforms, allowing us to focus on the Tool Hire business and further reduce debt.
“Alongside these changes we have maintained trading momentum with good underlying revenue growth. Our increased focus on improving profitability has also proved successful with margins enhanced across both our rental and services segments combined with a material reduction in our cost base.”
Ashmore said that while the broader economic outlook remains uncertain, HSS's leaner operating model, “excellent” market positions and clear strategy leave it well placed to continue to grow market share in any market.
HSS said that after “careful consideration” of its performance over the year, it is in the best interests of shareholders not to pay a final dividend. This will be re-evaluated once the net debt leverage ratio falls below 2.5x.
Online electrical goods retailer AO World warned on the Thursday that its full-year adjusted earnings were likely to come in at the lower end of market expectations, as it announced that it has spent £15m on Brexit stockpiling.
In a update for the year to 31 March 2019, the company said its full-year performance should fall within the range of current market forecasts, with group revenue expected to be up around 13% on the year at £900m.
However, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation excluding exceptional costs are expected to come in at the lower end of forecasts for a loss of £0.4m to a £2m profit.
The group, which re-appointed founder John Roberts as its chief executive officer back in January, said it expects to take a £2.5m hit from management restructuring and charges for a loss-making contract in Germany. These costs are in addition to previously disclosed one-off costs incurred in connection with the acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct in December last year and exceptional share-based payment charges.
UK revenue for FY19 is expected to be up 9.8% on the year at around £748m, while European revenue is expected to rise 32.3% to €174m.
AO said the integration of its mobile acquisition MPD is on track and progress to plan. In addition, it said that as part of its Brexit contingency planning, it upped its usual core fast moving inventory levels by around £15m during the last quarter of FY19.
John Roberts said: “Over the last eight weeks we have created a mindset shift from the numbers delivered in FY19; we are setting about realising our opportunities with pace and energy. I am delighted by the reaction of AO'ers and their passion for our future. We have already announced that we are testing a genuinely disruptive rental proposition. We have also expanded categories further into garden and DIY ready for the season and we are accelerating AO Mobile to launch later this year in readiness for peak trading.
“I am delighted to once again have the privilege to lead the business and excited by the scale of value creation that lies ahead of us for the benefit of all stakeholders. I look forward to updating more fully in early June on how we are accelerating our plans to grow while leveraging the infrastructure we have invested in.”
Shore Capital analyst Greg Lawless said the update will reassure the market that trading performance is in line with consensus forecasts.
“That said, the company remains loss-making and will incur further exceptional costs of £2.5m in FY19 from charges for a loss making contract that the company is unable to terminate in Germany, in addition to the exceptional charges incurred with the acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct.
“In our view, AO World is at a critical phase in its development. We have been highlighting for some time that the company remains sub-scale, despite the investment thesis at the time of the IPO back in 2014, that it would disrupt the UK white goods market. In our view, the UK electrical market has become even more competitive. We continue to be impressed with both the infrastructure and service-led culture that management has built.”


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To say James harden has had a good off-season would certainly be an understatement. The Bearded One signed a massive $228 million contract extension—the biggest deal in NBA history. So what’s Harden doing with all that extra cash? Find out in this latest Foot Locker commercial for the “Summer of Harden”.
Harden also introduced his new lifestyle edition of his first signature shoe this summer, the Harden LS.


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Table Tennis News
Rockstar unleash their Tennis-em-up thriller onto the Wii console, out now in the US and in Europe from Friday.
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., is pleased to announce that Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis for the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo is now available at North American retail stores for the suggested retail price of $39.99..
Rockstar have been back in the headlines recently, but something we kinda missed was the Table Tennis release date.
"Ever since we released Table Tennis, fans have been asking us to create a Wii version," said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. "By bringing Table Tennis to the Wii and utilizing the motion-sensitive Wii Remote™, a new audience can now experience a game..
Rockstar games have announced that the hit Xbox 360 game will indeed get a Wii release later this year.
It's been a rumour for ages, but Rockstar have finally confirmed everyones expectations, a version of Table Tennis for Wii. Developed by Rockstar Leeds in collaboration with Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis is the perfect Wii gaming experience. Feel the unmatched speed..


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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Long Island are warning shoppers not to become an easy target this holiday season.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini says the one way you can avoid being a victim is to lock your car doors when shopping.
“It is often times that folks who are looking to steal from motor vehicles, these are crimes of opportunity and if your car is locked, they move on and they try to find another target,” he told WCBS 880’s Sophia Hall. “We also encourage people who have packages in their car to not only lock your car, but keep packages out of plain sight.”
And he said if you will not be home when packages arrive, send them to your work place or have a neighbor retrieve them because thieves will drive up and down neighborhoods stealing packages from front doors.


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Aava Mobile, a startup phone manufacturer based in Finland, launches its first smartphone device today, calling it the first "fully open' mobile platform. Designed with Intel's new mobile Atom processor, "Moorestown," the mobile device can support Linux's mobile OS Moblin, MeeGo, or Android, all of which are open-source operating systems of their own.
"There is so much creativity that can be harnessed when you free yourself from the confines of a proprietary design and give developer communities an open platform and some tools to play with. So Aava Mobile saw an opportunity to make an entirely open mobile device," said Aava CEO Markus Appel.
To encourage excitement over its new device, Aava has kicked off a competition for third-party developers and manufacturers to see who can come up with the most intruging ideas.
Devices using the Aava Mobile architecture will measure 64mm by 125mm, with a thickness of just 11.7 millimeters. Other specs include touch-screen capabilities, HD video support, an accelerometer, 3D compass, GPS, and Wi-Fi functionality.
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Profit shares & Q4 performance of Sera Sanitaryware in COVID market | Ayush Bagla to ET Now
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Ayush Bagla, Director of Cera Sanitaryware speaks to ET Now talks about profits and earnings in the COVID market and what has been Cera Sanitaryware's share in the fourth quarter. Cera Sanitaryware has noticed their profits are down by 8 percent and margins at 14.2 versus 15.9 percent despite a tough environment. There has been a decline of 9 percent. He talks about how March has been a month of high sales volume because dealers and trade partners rushed in to meet their annual and monthly targets. The company is debt-free with liquid reserves of Rs. 230 crores. Watch the video to know more!


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Digital tap decals have started to gain traction within the industry, in pubs, bars and breweries themselves, aiming to replace standard static decals on bar taps.
A return to short glass stubbies and classic beer packaging design is tapping into consumers’ nostalgia, as the launch of Pinnacle Drinks’ new Stubbies beer shows.
Staying true to your brand and making sure your marketing is sensitive to the current climate is key during crises like COVID-19 according to experts.
This Good Beer Week panel, hosted by co-founder of Totem Marketing Zoe Ottaway, debates product labelling, legal requirements, and ABAC rulings.
Anything but “disappointing”, this episode contains the good, the bad and the ugly responses breweries have to backlash and much more.
This panel, hosted by Brews News at Good Beer Week, was a timely discussion about product recall including the importance of and how to plan for a product recall, even though its an unlikely event. We look at the issue from a retail perspective as well as the potential legal and financial repercussions.
This week Pete, Matt and Zoe get together in Melbourne during Good Beer Week to record this week’s news roundup.
Danish brewer Carlsberg will not be making any changes to its recipe in Australia, despite a highly publicised campaign in the UK.
Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing joins Matt and Pete as a special guest, with perfect timing as discussions take place around women in beer advertising.
Matt and Pete weigh into the corn /rice/sugar debate while discussing this week’s biggest news stories including what makes a flagship beer.


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Billie Eilish always respected her fans who came to greet her before every event or show she attended. This week, the American artist was invited to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, In Hollywood, and her admirers were with her.
Although a high fence stood between them, the artist sat down on her knees to greet her fans.
Winner of numerous Grammy Awards, the 19-year-old singer recently gave an extensive interview for the October issue of Elle USA magazine, and for the photo shoot she chose a completely different outfit from the one she used to have.
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Eilish also spoke on this occasion about those who criticize his image so different from other stars.
Famous for the oversized clothes she wears, Eilish said: “The other day, I decided to wear a top. It wasn’t even provocative. I knew this would be the reaction of some people: ‘Damn, she dresses sexy, tries to convey a message through these clothing choices.’ And I was saying to myself, ‘No, I’m not sending anything. It’s 500 degrees outside and I just want to wear a short, light blouse! ‘”
Billie Eilish lost over 100,000 fans on Instagram because of a picture: People are afraid of a generous bust!
This year, Billie Eilish impressed on the red carpet at MET Gala 2021, after appearing in a princess dress with a long train.


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Nov 17, 2011
Rep. Israel Introduces Cleaning Product Right-to-Know Act, Legislation to Require Ingredient Labeling for Cleaning Products
New Study Reveals Toxins, Carcinogens and Allergens Hidden in Products Used Around Our Homes
Washington, DC – On Thursday, Rep. Steve Israel (D – NY) announced the introduction of the Cleaning Product Right-to-Know Act, legislation that will require ingredient labeling for domestic, commercial and institutional cleaning products. “
Our cabinets are full of soaps and cleaners that we assume improve our homes and health. However, new research shines a light on the secret chemicals that might be doing more harm than good. You have a right to know what’s hiding in your household products. That’s why I’m introducing legislation to require full disclosure of the ingredients in everyday cleaning products,” said Rep. Israel.
“Congressman Israel has led the way with an extremely important piece of legislation, the Cleaning Product Right-to-Know Act. As we work to reduce our risk of diseases like breast cancer, it’s critical to know which products are safe to choose for our families,” said Karen Joy Miller, founder and president of the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition.
A new study of everyday cleaning products published today by Women’s Voices for the Earth found the following:
- Some products contained reproductive toxins such as toluene and phthalates, carcinogens such as 1,4-dioxane and chloroform, and a hormone disrupting synthetic musk.
- Several known allergens were also detected in thes